Meanwhile, yesterday [1943] the first rumblings of what would explode into the 1943 riot were being reported with this disturbance at the Packard Plant.
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An astonishing discovery of reading these years was the amazing number of massive strikes that occurred in the midst of the war. In May Akron was shut down as tens of thousands struck all major rubber plants. This was followed by equally large strikes in the coal fields. American dissent is nothing new.